Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
The Revelaires* Cab Driver Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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